picorer

French

Etymology

Originally military slang, probably from piquer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi.kɔ.ʁe/

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Verb

picorer

1. (obsolete) to maraud, pillage, rampage
2. to nibble, peck (of birds, or figuratively)

Conjugation

Conjugation of picorer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	picorer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	picorant /pi.kɔ.ʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		picoré /pi.kɔ.ʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	picore /pi.kɔʁ/	picores /pi.kɔʁ/	picore /pi.kɔʁ/	picorons /pi.kɔ.ʁɔ̃/	picorez /pi.kɔ.ʁe/	picorent /pi.kɔʁ/
	imperfect	picorais /pi.kɔ.ʁɛ/	picorais /pi.kɔ.ʁɛ/	picorait /pi.kɔ.ʁɛ/	picorions /pi.kɔ.ʁjɔ̃/	picoriez /pi.kɔ.ʁje/	picoraient /pi.kɔ.ʁɛ/
	past historic2	picorai /pi.kɔ.ʁe/	picoras /pi.kɔ.ʁa/	picora /pi.kɔ.ʁa/	picorâmes /pi.kɔ.ʁam/	picorâtes /pi.kɔ.ʁat/	picorèrent /pi.kɔ.ʁɛʁ/
	future	picorerai /pi.kɔ.ʁə.ʁe/	picoreras /pi.kɔ.ʁə.ʁa/	picorera /pi.kɔ.ʁə.ʁa/	picorerons /pi.kɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/	picorerez /pi.kɔ.ʁə.ʁe/	picoreront /pi.kɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	picorerais /pi.kɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/	picorerais /pi.kɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/	picorerait /pi.kɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/	picorerions /pi.kɔ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	picoreriez /pi.kɔ.ʁə.ʁje/	picoreraient /pi.kɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	picore /pi.kɔʁ/	picores /pi.kɔʁ/	picore /pi.kɔʁ/	picorions /pi.kɔ.ʁjɔ̃/	picoriez /pi.kɔ.ʁje/	picorent /pi.kɔʁ/
	imperfect2	picorasse /pi.kɔ.ʁas/	picorasses /pi.kɔ.ʁas/	picorât /pi.kɔ.ʁa/	picorassions /pi.kɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/	picorassiez /pi.kɔ.ʁa.sje/	picorassent /pi.kɔ.ʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	picore /pi.kɔʁ/	—	picorons /pi.kɔ.ʁɔ̃/	picorez /pi.kɔ.ʁe/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “picorer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.